Parsons, Alfred, 1847-1920.

Photocopy of an undated letter sent by the English novelist Thomas Hardy to illustrator Alfred Parsons.

Parsons, Alice Beal, 1886-1962.

Papers of the American author, novelist, social worker, feminist. Collection includes correspondence (1916-1961), memorabilia, photographs, printed material, published material, and writings (articles, book reviews, drafts of books, typescripts, galley proofs).

Partridge, Bellamy, 1877-1960.

American author and popular historian. Collection includes books, printed material, correspondence, one audiocassette.

Patchen, Kenneth, 1911-1972.

10 letters and Christmas cards sent by the American poet, novelist and artist.

Peale, Norman Vincent, 1898-1993.

Papers of the American clergyman, author. Collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and personal files; material relating to the American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry, Guideposts, the Marble Collegiate Church, the Committee on Constitutional Government, family affairs, Peale's Look magazine and syndicated columns, pastoral counseling, his radio program Art of Living, and sermons. There is also material about the Kennedy campaign, including discussion of the election of a Roman Catholic, and letters concerning Peale's stand on religious freedom. Correspondents include Smiley Blanton, Dale Carnegie, Stanley S. Kresge, Leonard E. LeSourd, Fulton Oursler, and Lowell Thomas.

Peck, George,1797-1876.

Papers of the American Methodist Episcopal clergyman, author, and President of Cazenovia Seminary, a Methodist-supported school in Madison County, New York. Collection includes correspondence (1793-1878); financial records (1823-1876); an autbiographical essay; diaries (1852-1875); notebooks (1856-1868); sermons; and personal memorabilia, including clippings, financial records, and photographs.

Petrow, Richard.

Papers of the American author. Collection includes correspondence, notes, galley proofs, and research material relating to his books Across the Top of Russia and The Black Tide.

Pike, James, 1777-1842.

Papers of the American educator, author. James Pike was a New England school teacher and compiler of textbooks. He wrote The Columbian Orthographer (1806) and The Little Reader (1814). Collection includes correspondence (1805-09); diaries (1793-1811); legal papers (1809-1849); school and teaching records (1798-1807); and an undated draft of a constitution for a 'School for Young Ladies.'

Pike, James A. (James Albert), 1913-1969.

Papers of the American clergyman, lawyer, Episcopal bishop, who wrote and spoke on the church and social problems, Christian and legal ethics, pastoral psychology, psychical research, and spiritualism. Collection includes correspondence (family letters, personal, and business correspondence); notebooks; professional records relating to Pike's legal career and ecclesiastical appointments as Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Fifth Bishop of California, among others; writings (manuscript and/or typescript articles and essays, book reviews, books, interviews, sermons, and speeches); and memorabilia (awards, financial and legal records, photographs, and scrapbooks).

Pohl, Frederick Julius, 1889-1991.

The papers of the American author of books about the pre-Columbian exploration and discovery of the New World contain correspondence (1944-1963, 1967), mostly of Hjalmar Holand; notes; and clippings.

Pohl, Frederik, 1919-

Correspondence (1934-1968); manuscripts by Pohl and others (1947-1965); legal and financial papers (1917-1964); and published material. Correspondents include Forrest J Ackerman, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Judith Merril, Clifford Simak, many others. Collection also includes a large selection of fanzines and convention material.

Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963.

Papers of the British novelist, poet, author. Collection includes correspondence (1927-1965); manuscript notebooks containing holograph fragments of essays, novels, plays, poems, prefaces (1890-1966); and memorabilia including clippings, pamphlets, and a Powys family photograph album. Correspondents include Graham Ackroyd, Fred Bason, Norman Denny, Lucile Grebenc, Warren Penn Kime, George L. Lewin, Laurence Pollack, Dorothy M. Richardson, Asta Fleming Sullivan, Sven-Erik Tāckmark, and Clifford Tolchard.

Powys, Llewelyn, 1884-1939.

Two letters from Llewelyn Powys to Havelock Ellis.

Powys, Theodore Francis, 1875-1953.

Two letters and a manuscript of a short story, "Golden Gates"

Pratt, Fletcher, 1897-1956.

Correspondence, manuscripts of the American military, naval, and science fiction novelist.

Pribble, Wayne I.

Collection includes the records of Wayne Pribble's companies, Barrier-Pribble and Pribble Plastics Products; mold drawings produced by Barrier-Pribble and Pribble Plastics Products; and drafts and papers related to Pribble and J. Harry DuBois' book, Plastics Mold Engineering.

Price, Willard, 1887-1983.

Autographed books, some manuscripts and correspondence of the Canadian-born American natural historian and author of children's fiction.